April Showers
[Flowers in West Marin, March 2010.] Hey April, I have a bone to pick with you. I know Mr. Eliot called you ‘the cruellest month’ …
A Birthday, and Cake
[Tea and cake, March 2010.] Suddenly, it’s raining and I am drinking an americano (Blue Bottle, double shot, with cream and sugar); two things that …
Dear Valentine,
[Pacific Ocean, December 2009.] Love, of course, can be many things. It can be clear blue skies and an unexpected picnic in August. It can …
On Misremembering
[Coconut bread, and tea, January 2010.] Quite a few years ago I read a book that would become one of my very favorites — My …
The Only Thing to Do
It’s been cold here the past week or so. Not East-Coast cold by any stretch of the imagination (I find myself walking to the bus …
Plus ça Change,
[Last bits of summer, September 2009.] [Plus le Meme Chose, non?] October slips in on a rush of 70-degree mornings and the sun beams down …
What I Like Best
[Blackberries in the field, Sebastopol, September 2009.] “Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best,” and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating …
The Dream of Cake
[Cake for Whitney, May 2009.] Once, a few years ago, I had a long layover in Munich on the way back from Thessaloniki to Washington, …
A Day for Lemon Cake
San Francisco today was so blue, the sky clean and clear even at 7-something this morning when I crossed the bridge on the commuter bus …
For the Fourth
Yesterday afternoon I was working from home — in this case, my parents’ house — when my mom knocked on the door. Hot corn muffins, …